veclibfort ☆

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Description:
GNU Fortran compatibility for Apple's vecLib

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: fortran blas lapack accelerate numerical macos

Install: brew install veclibfort

About:
vecLibFort provides a set of wrapper functions that translate BLAS and LAPACK calls to their corresponding Apple Accelerate Framework equivalents. This allows scientific and numerical applications written in Fortran or C to leverage Apple's highly optimized hardware-specific routines without code modification. It serves as a drop-in compatibility layer, ensuring that standard Fortran code can build and run seamlessly on macOS.

Key Features:

Drop-in compatibility layer for BLAS and LAPACK
Maps standard calls to Apple's Accelerate Framework
Supports both Fortran and C interfaces
Enables high-performance computing on Apple hardware

Use Cases:

Compiling scientific software that requires BLAS/LAPACK on macOS
Accelerating numerical linear algebra computations
Porting Linux-based scientific code to macOS without rewriting

Alternatives:

OpenBLAS – OpenBLAS is a portable, open-source implementation that can be used instead of Apple's Accelerate Framework, but may require explicit linking and configuration.

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